Intro to Public Speaking

August 22, 2024 (Thursday)

Schedule for Today

  • Update on Canvas

  • Chapter 1 Textbook Overview

  • Meet with Me

Update on Canvas

The Canvas site is live and the survey is ready.

Chapter 1 Textbook Overview

  • Features of public speaking

    • “Enlarged conversation”

      • Purposeful

      • Organized

      • Well-Researched

    • Face-to-face, perhaps enhanced by media

  • Anxiety about public speaking

    • Misperceptions

    • Fear of failure at speaking

    • Fear of rejection of your ideas

  • Transactional Model of Communication

Transactional Model Image

Video Explanation

thumbnail of YouTube video

Prof. Kigvamasudvashti Explains Transactional Model

August 27, 2024 (Tuesday)

Schedule for Today

  • Review of Survey and Meet with Me Data

  • Chapter 1 Textbook Overview (contd.)

Review of Survey and Meet with Me Data

  • 75% somewhat familiar with the subject matter of the course

  • areas of interest/concern:

    • how to focus

    • how to avoid using filler words

    • how to manage anxiety

    • how to use techniques in professional contexts, including interviews

Chapter 1 Textbook Overview (contd.)

  • Anxiety

    • Preparation:

      • Mental

      • Physical

      • Contextual (Venue)

      • Speech

  • Review of transactional model of communication

    • Pictionary Game

August 29, 2024 (Thursday)

Schedule for Today

  • Syllabus Updates: September 11

  • Ch. 2 Audience Analysis

  • Group Activity

  • Ch. 2 Listening Skills

  • Tip of the Week

Audience Analysis

  • Why does the speaker’s relationship to the audience matter?

Demographics

  • How might the audience’s demographics influence how we speak to them?

  • generalization v. stereotype v. totalization

    • generalization: “people in that group tend to jump to conclusions”

    • stereotype: “that person jumps to conclusions”

    • totalization: “all they do is jump to conclusions”

Psychographic Characteristics

  • audience members’ inner attitudes, beliefs, needs, and values

    • Which is which?

      • statements a person holds true

      • important deficiencies that a person is motivated to fill

      • goals that a person strives for

      • a person’s negative or positive reaction to something or someone

Contextual Factors

  • time, length of speech, size of audience, and setting

Group Activity

Listening Skills

  • Types of listening

  • What types of speeches are these listening types most useful for?

    • Appreciative

    • Empathetic

    • Comprehensive

    • Critical

Tip of the Week

September 3, 2024 (Tuesday)

Schedule for Today

  • Review Tip of the Week

  • Thursday, September 5 Online

  • Ch. 3 Speech Ethics

Speech Ethics

Ethical Frameworks

  • Rule-based
  • Value-based
    • What are your personal speech values? (5 minutes - write and share)
  • Outcome-based

Civility across Cultures

Plaigarism

September 10, 2024 (Tuesday)

Schedule for Today

  • Review Discussion Post

  • Thursday, September 12 Online

  • Ch. 5 Researching Speeches

Researching Speeches

  • Using your discussion post topic

Researching Your Audience

  • Survey

  1. What are your feelings about semi-automatic weapons?

  2. What do you find most confusing about school shooting policies?

    a. the role of the police

    b. teacher’s responsibilities

    c. what student’s should do when they hear a gunshot

    d. other: _________________

Activity: Create 3-question survey and ask two students

  • Interviews

    • Who do you interview?

    • Benefits?

    • Limitations?

Researching Your Topic

  • Types of sources (primary v. secondary)

  • Library materials

    • Periodicals (e.g., magazines, journals, newspapers)

    • Databases

    • Peer-reviewed journals

    • Search illustration

  • Internet research

    • Relevance and Scope

    • Source Verification

      • Go upstream

      • Read laterally

      • Circle back

  • Tracking sources

    • Spreadsheet

    • Notecards

    • Notes document

September 17, 2024 (Tuesday)

Schedule for Today

  • Review and Questions

  • Organizing Speeches

  • Outlining Speeches

Organizing speeches 

  • 3 to 5 points to support your speech 

  • Grouping exercise: place one item in front of you

  • Ways of grouping support points

  • Transitions (connective statements)

  • Video speech: which did the speaker use?

TED talk

https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

 

Outlining speeches

  • Preparation outline v. speaking notes

  • Outlining exercise: organize specific purposes ( p. 115)

  • Practice your topic: purpose, support points, and organization

September 19, 2024 (Thursday)

Schedule for Today

  • Review and Questions

  • Introductions

  • Conclusions

  • Speech Writing Practice

Emma Gonzalez - March for Our Lives : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u46HzTGVQhg

Introductions

  • Types of introductions

  • Illustrations

    Danger of a Single Story: https://www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story

    John Lewis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HkrL0L62e0

Conclusions

  • Types of conclusions

  • Illustrations

    Brene Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vphih0pa1A

    George Bush: https://www.history.com/speeches/george-w-bush-declares-mission-accomplished

September 24, 2024 (Tuesday)

Schedule for Today

  • Talk about Exam

  • Presentation Aids

  • Language

  • Exam Questions Practice

Talk about Exam

  • Take home exam - open notes - via Canvas

  • Practice Quesitons in class

  • Due Saturday at 11:59 pm

Presentation Aids

Language (Ch 10)

  • rhetoric / framing 

    • Examples: pro-choice”, “alternative lifestyle”, “second amendment right”

  • rhetorical strategies

    • in-class exercise pp. 214-15

    • choose one and write on the board

  • colloquial v. professional language

    • terms of art

    • slang

  • abstract v. concrete (specificity)

     - “unjust” or “violated the right to free speech”

  • difficulty-level: 8th grade English, unless professional context

  • inclusive language

    • disability:  people-first or not?

    • gender

    • race

    • How would people in that community prefer to be referred to?

  • define terms as needed

Exam Practice 

  • Practice Questions

    • (T/F) Conducting surveys of the audience while preparing a speech can help the speaker develop an in-depth understanding of the audience’s goals, interests, and communication preferences.

    • Fill in the blank: _________ questions can be used in introductions to pique an audience’s interests.

    • Which of these are strategies for source verification in internet research? (choose all that apply)

      • Going upstream

      • Confirming through AI

      • Reading laterally

      • Circling back

September 26, 2024 (Thursday)

Schedule for Today

  • Rhetorical devices review

  • Reminder about Exam

  • Exam Questions Practice

  • Tip of the Week

  • Review Q & A

Rhetorical Devices Review

  • Anaphora (beginning sentences with the same word / phrase)

    “Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

    Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

    Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.

    Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.”

    Martin Luther King, I have a dream speech

  • Assonance (repeated vowel sounds)

    “wearing lights at night gets you home alright”

  • Irony (signifying the opposite through language)

Reminder about Exam

  • Take home exam - open book and notes - via Canvas

  • Worth 200 points (20% of grade)

    • 35 multiple choice * 4 points each (140 points total)

    • 2 speech analyses * 30 points (60 points total)

  • Opens 6 pm today; Due Saturday at 11:59 pm

Practice Exam Questions

  • Why is it useful to use language with imagery in speeches? (Choose one.) (Hint: p. 211, textbook)

    1. it invokes the listener’s senses

    2. it sounds better than non-literal language

    3. it is informative

    4. it is inspirational

  • Which of these are ethical frameworks we discussed in class? (Choose all that apply.)

(a)  Rule-based

(b)  Value-based

(c)  Experience-based

(d)  Outcome-based

  • Speech Analysis Practice

    Garr Reynolds - Lessons from the Bamboo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g8T8MsFIp0

    - What introduction strategy(-ies)?
- Structure?
- Conclusion?
- Use of presentation slides?
- Other thoughts / reactions?

Tip of the Week

Join Toastmasters or a similar speaking club

  • Worldwide website https://www.toastmasters.org

  • Local Philadelphia website and meeting 1st and 3rd Thursdays, 6:45 - 9 pm (online / in-person) https://www.philadelphiasfirsttoastmasters.com

Review Q & A

  • Ask me any questions about course content

October 1, 2024 (Tuesday)

Schedule for Today

  • Exam Discussion

  • Delivery

  • Informative Speeches

  • Practice

Delivery

  • Presenting Yourself Well

    • clothes, grooming

      • Steve Martin’s all white suit

    • eye contact - making (faking) a connection

      • choose one person
      • skip around to several people
      • disclose disability?

    • confidence

      • posture
      • stance
      • projecting voice

      Tips from a singer:

  • Impromptu Speaking

    1. give yourself time to think

      • take a sip of water
      • smile / laugh if appropriate
      • ask to repeat / clarify (“in what way?”)

    2. decide on main point you’d like to make

    3. talk slowly

    4. use numeric structure, if possible, to guide listeners and remind yourself

      • “two goals in mind …”

      • “three parts of my plan …”

Informative Speeches

  • informative v. persuasive

  • outline format walkthrough (pp. 264-66)

Practice

Example - gun control

  1. audience research

  2. informative topic selection

  3. using 3 to 5 supporting points

  4. introduction and conclusion

Your speech

October 3, 2024 (Thursday)

Schedule for Today

  • Informative Speeches (contd.)

  • Preparing Your Speech

Informative Speeches

  • Guest Speaker

    • Pastor Jonathan Leath

  • Recorded Example

Preparing Your Speech

  1. audience research

  2. informative topic selection

  3. using 3 to 5 supporting points

  4. introduction and conclusion

October 8, 2024 (Tuesday)

Schedule for Today

  • Review Speech Outline

  • Speech Practice

Review Speech Outline

  • Textbook, pp. 264-66

Speech Practice

  • Walkthroughs

October 10, 2024 (Thursday)

Schedule for Today

  • Review Speech Outline

  • Speech Practice

  • Student Speech on Voting Registration

October 10, 2024 (Thursday)

Schedule for Today

  • Exam Review

  • Review Informative Speech Outline Assignment

  • Review Informative Speech Guidelines and Schedule

  • Speech Practice in Groups

Exam Review

  • Canvas Grading Glitch

  • Totalizing v. stereotype

  • Values question

Review Speech Outline Assignment

  • Example at Textbook, pp. 264-66

Review Speech Guidelines and Schedule

Guidelines

  • Structure

    • Introduction memorized

    • Body not memorized (3 to 5 points with evidence)

    • Conclusion memorized

  • Length: 5 to 7 minutes long

Speech Dates

  • Thursday, October 17th - Group A

  • Tuesday, October 22nd - Group B

  • While one group presents, the other practices

Speech Practice in Groups

October 22, 2024 (Tuesday)

Schedule for Today

  • Syllabus Change Discussion

  • Group A Speeches (Contd.)

  • Group B Speeches

Syllabus Change Discussion

  • Office Hours by appointment, in person or Zoom

  • Cut Entertaining or Persuasive speeches?

Speeches